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NEWS IN BRIEF Rittal Cloud Computing CPD Seminars Rittal Ltd has just launched a new Cloud Computing accredited seminar as part of its highly-respected Continuing Professional Development (CPD) series. The seminar on Cloud Computing & Software Defined Data Centres looks at the impact cloud computing has had across the industry. It will explore how the cloud enables better management, and improved analysis, of data, along with shared access from Internet-enabled devices. The seminar also examines how the need for greater capacity within data centres to accommodate edge computing and the Internet of Things will lead to major structural changes within data centres, along with new cloud computing and networking approaches. It also looks the arguments, both for and against, the increase in size of data centres and assess the types of workloads they are likely to support in the future. At the end of the seminar, delegates will have an understanding of: data centre capacity, new approaches to cloud computing and networking, relevant physical factors, the need (or otherwise) for an expansion of data centres and the key issues and constraints of DCIM. The seminar is aimed at all levels of expertise within engineering departments, courses can be either presented at consultant or contractors offices or at Rittal’s head office showroom and demonstration centre at Canary Wharf London, South Yorkshire distribution centre or, alternatively, at Rittal’s production factory in Plymouth. n Strong UK growth for DataSolutions DataSolutions has marked its 18 months in the UK market with the appointment of two senior executives supporting 60 active channel partners and an expanded vendor portfolio. This includes innovators within the hyper- convergence, virtualisation and cloud space. The successful Irish distributor, who launched a UK operation in early 2016 has recruited Warren Powell as its new UK Channel Manager. Warren joined the business. Lee Cunningham also joins DataSolutions as UK Business Development Manager with a remit to support its growing partner ecosystem that has grown to 60 active partners, including recent additions such as CDW, SoftwareONE, Servium and Bytes. On the vendor side over the last year, alongside Nutanix, DataSolutions has added Cohesity, a specialist in hyper-convergence for secondary storage; Densify, a predictive analytics service and Plexxi, an technology offering application-aware fabric for cloud. n Tel: +44 (0)1442 219 355 Email: [email protected] www.networkseuropemagazine.com 09